Subj : Re: Some good news at least To : alt.tv.farscape From : Mark Nobles Date : Sun Sep 04 2005 20:33:18 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape John Iwaniszek wrote: > Jim Larson wrote in > news:Xns96C75B0F53FBF3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: > > > John Iwaniszek wrote: > > > >> Nick wrote in > >> news:Xns96C76B3801495ndtcm@ 68.1.17.6: > >> > >>> John Iwaniszek wrote: > >>> > >>>> John Iwaniszek wrote in > >>>> news:Xns96C76EE68D0BBjoiwhnanri@66.26.32.8: > >>>> > >>>>> "Steve Brooks" wrote in > >>>>> news:fGCSe.3238$7p1.3164@newsfe7-win.ntli.net: > >>>>> > >>>>>> According to our radio all the people who want to leave New > >>>>>> Orleans have now been evacuated. > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Except for the peopel trapped in their atics and everyone else > >>>>> who aren't being counted as part of "Operatoin Cover Bush's Ass". > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> "There was a striking dicrepancy between the CNN International > >>>> report > >>>> on the Bush visit to the New Orleans disaster zone, yesterday, and > >>>> reports of the same event by German TV. > >>>> > >>>> ZDF News reported that the president's visit was a completely > >>>> staged > >>>> event. Their crew witnessed how the open air food distribution > >>>> point Bush visited in front of the cameras was torn down > >>>> immediately after the president and the herd of 'news people' had > >>>> left and that others which were allegedly being set up were > >>>> abandoned at the same time. > >>>> > >>>> The people in the area were once again left to fend for > >>>> themselves, > >>>> said ZDF." > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> It's been more than a week. This is a national embarrasment. > >>>> Worse: people are still dying. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Those particular Germans are full of crap. > >>> > >> > >> Nothing mus be said against Dear Leader. I wonder who the good > >> Germans are now? > > > > Conversely, everything said against Dear Leader is not automatically > > true. Independent confirmation would be nice. > > > > Just as a point for consideration: > > > > http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/heute_zdf/ > > > > (I'm not taking the above at face value. However, I have followed a > > little German and French news now and then , and in my throroughly > > unenlightened and subjective opinion, they do not match the Brits for > > objectivity.) > > > > Some of the reports of the potempkin relief stations came from people on > the ground, and people watching live feeds. And frankly, considering > the lies and deception these people have proven they are capable of in > just about every situation large and small, who are you going to > believe? > > > For example: > > > "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees." - George W. > Bush, Sept 1, 2005. > > (Do I need to point out how ridiculous and lame this particular lie is?) You were posting every random thought that happened to cross your mind back before the storm. When did you post your prediction that the levee would break? > > > "Louisiana did not reach out to a multi-state mutual aid compact for > assistance until Wednesday, three state and federal officials said. As > of Saturday, Blanco still had not declared a state of emergency, the > senior Bush official said." > > (http://tinyurl.com/bhkqg a pdf of the governor's declaration of a > state of emergency dated 26 august and extending to 25 september. > Furthermore: http://tinyurl.com/d5pd2 a link to the announcement that > the President declared a state of emergency wherein "FEMA is authorized > to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and > resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. Debris > removal and emergency protective measures, including direct Federal > assistance, will be provided at 75 percent Federal funding.") > > > The excuses and blame shifting started looking pathological last week. > At this point, They've become criminal. > At this point, any blame being thrown around is a criminal waste of energy that could be going into rescue and recovery. When the people are out and moved to shelter, then there will be time for an investigation. Then, after the investigation, will be the time to start pointing fingers and throwing idiotic charges of criminal behavior as the politicians exploit the suffering of the people in the affected area. .